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Ralph and the Silver Bit

Alex Burton-Hargreaves·October 22, 2024

Ralph and the Silver Bit, a Ribble Valley Fairy Tale written by: Alex Burton-Hargreaves - In Deepest, Darkest Yorkshire, under the shadow of Pendle...

English 13 Days of Halloween Literature Halloween Featured Post

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The story of the Ordinary Man

Linda Joyce Cooper·October 4, 2024

The Story of the Ordinary Man written by: Linda Joyce Cooper Have you heard the story of...

Poetry English

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Growing Restless

Elizabeth Ricketson·January 24, 2024

Growing Restless written by: Elizabeth Ricketson @LRicketson Growing restless. Very restless. My two children, young, No formal...

Poetry English

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For The Foxes

Spillwords·July 30, 2023

For The Foxes a poem by: Charles Bukowski Don’t feel sorry for me. I am a competent,...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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The Hobo Code

Nick Gerrard·September 27, 2021

The Hobo Code written by: Nick Gerrard @nickcgerrard I lost it all, the mortgage, the wife, the...

Literature English

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Fitting for My Funeral

Paul Anthony Obey·February 26, 2021

Fitting for My Funeral written by: Paul Anthony Obey @TheInvisiblePo1 Instructions are clear, no change is allowed,...

English Poetry

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PatBunny·January 1, 2021

Instructions written by: PatBunny When Death approaches and you see him coming near, Tell me dear one,...

English Poetry

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John Grey·December 28, 2019

Instructions written by: John Grey Winter, second week of January, violent wind gusts shaking down the windows,...

English Featured Post Poetry

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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